URMILA V.G. Born on May 21, 1978

Qualification:

2006 - M.F.A. in Printmaking, Kala Bhavan, Visvabharati University, Santiniketan.
(W.B)
2003 - B.F.A. in Painting, College of Fine Arts, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath,
Bangalore

Solo Show:

2012 - ‘HAVE SPACE.WILL GROW.’, Gallery Five Forty five, Bangalore.
2010 - ‘RECIPES FOR CHANGE…S’, 1 Shanthi Gallery, Bangalore.

Group Shows:

2013 - ‘We Were Trying to Make Sense’ - Exploring Artist and non-Artist Collaborations curated
by Magda Fabianczyk at 1Shanthi Road, Bangalore.
2012 - ‘Cross Border Constellation’ curated by Suresh Jayaram, Theertha Red Dot
Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lank.
- ‘The Print Spotlight’, Gallery Five Forty five, Bangalore.
- ‘My City’ curated by Giridhar Khasnis at Sublime Galleria, Bangalore..
- Regional Art Exhibition, Lalitkala Akademi Regional Centre, Chennai
2011 - ‘Next In Line’, Gallery Blue Spade, Bangalore.
- ‘In Search of Gandhi’ curated by Suresh Jayaram, Theertha Red Dot Gallery, Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
- ‘Stories of Small Things’ Woodcut Print Exhibition, Theertha Red Dot Gallery, Pitakotte,
Sri Lanka.
- ‘A Twist in the Tail’ curated by Giridhar Khasnis at Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore.
- ‘Varsha 2011’, Swasthi Gallery, Bangalore.
2010 - ‘Commentaries in Print- An Exhibition of Wood Cuts’, Gallerie Serendip, Bangalore.
- ‘Coloured Horizon’, Gallery Sri Parvati, Chennai.
- Exhibition of Woodcut Prints, Gallery ONE, Udaipur.
- ‘Interactive Images’, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore.
2009 - ‘Impressions, Past-Present’, Inter-State Painting Exhibition by Karnataka Lalitkala
Academy, Bangalore at Durbar Hall Art Center, Kochin, Kerala
2008 - Open Studio, Khoj International Residency Workshop, 1 Shanthi Gallery, Bangalore
- Mahua Art Gallery, Bangalore
2007 - ‘Kaleidoscopic Journey’, Ethos Gallery, Bangalore
- ‘Cross-Roads’,Darbar Hall Art Centre, Kochin, Kerala
- Group Show at Graphicus Atelier, Baltimore, St Cumberland
- ‘Ray O’ Gallery, Chennai
- ‘Exploration’, Group Show at LKA, Chennai by Dakshina Chitra.
2006 - ‘Under Current’, Exhibition of Paintings and Prints at LKA Gallery, Trissur, Kerala
- Print Show at Trapeze, Bangalore
- ‘Thingala Chitra’, Karnataka Lalithakala Academy, Bangalore
- Exhibition of Prints at Nandan Art Gallery, Santiniketan, West Bengal
- Exhibition of Prints, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
2004 - Exhibition of Prints, Govt. College Art Gallery, Chandigarh
2002 - Kahawa Gallery, Bangalore

Participation:

2011 - 9th Bharath Bhavan International Biennale of Print Art, Bhopal.
- 6th Kyoto International Woodprint Association (KIWA), Japan.
2010 - 12th Southern Region Exhibition, Camel Art Foundation, Chitramayee Gallery, Hyderabad.
2009 - ADOGI – 29th Mini Print International of Cadaques, Barcelona, Spain
2008 - 8th Bharath Bhavan International Biennale of Print Art, Bhopal
2007 - ADOGI – 27th Mini Print International of Cadaques, Barcelona, Spain
-‘Lino-Cut Today’- Graphic Arts Prize Competition of Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
- 36th Annual Exhibition of Karnataka Lalithakala Academy at Gulbarga, Karnataka
2006 - 4th International Student Triennial, Istanbul, Turkey
- 7th Bharath Bhavan International Biennale of Print Art, Bhopal
- 39th Annual Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
- 17th Annual All India Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolakata
- 34th Annual Exhibition of Karnataka Lalithakala Academy at Bagalkot, Karnataka
2005 - 38th Annual Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
2004 - ‘Kala Jathre’, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore
2003 - ‘Kala Mela’, Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore
- Annual Exhibition, Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore
2002 - Fourth Southern Region Art Exhibition, Camel Art Foundation, Bangalore
2001 - Landscape Exhibition, Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore
- ‘Chowtara Thota’ Water Colour Camp, Kasaragod, Kerala

Camps & Workshops:

2012 - Conducted Dry-point Printmaking Workshop for ‘Fireflies Art Net’, Sri Lanka in
Bangalore.
2011 - Conducted Woodcut Printmaking Workshop for ‘Fireflies Art Net’ in Sri Lanka.
-‘Diagonal Line’ Printmaking Camp, Kalakshetra,Guwahati, Assam.
2010 - Printmaking Workshop by ‘Art Labs’ at JMS Mani’s Studio, Bangalore.
- Alva’s ‘Nudisiri’, State Level Painting Camp, Moodbidre, Karnataka.
- Interactive Workshop with North East Artists (a Multi Media Camp) Lalit Kala Akademi
Regional Centre, Chennai
2009 - ‘SU-YOGA’, Artists’ Residency Workshop at Kanakamajalu Village, Sullia, (D.K.),
Karnataka
-‘SaNsA-3’ International Artists’ Workshop, Kumasi, Ghana
- Young Artists’ Camp, GE- John F. Welch Technology Centre, Bangalore.
2007 -‘Mudrana’, Graphic Camp of Young Artists by ‘Chinnada Kuncha’, Bangalore
- ‘Karnataka Kala Utsava’ Artists’ Camp, Bangalore
- Inter State Painting Camp, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu
2006 - National Artist’s Camp, Vythiri, Wyanad District, Kerala
2003 - Young Artists Camp and Exhibition, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore.


Awards:

2007 - Karanataka Lalithakala Academy Award, Bangalore
2006 - National Lalitkala Akademi Scholarship, New Delhi
- Arnavaz Vasudev Scholarship, Bangalore

Worked as a visiting faculty at ‘TAKSHAA- Academy for the Artist’, Bangalore during April 2008-Jan. 2010

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